Global Child Poverty Disparity and Tanzania
Organization: United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)
Team: Louisa Lippi, Sarina Cipriano, Assiata Chikuhwa
Supervisor: Alberto Minujin
Semester: Fall 2007
Background of the Tanzania Case Study
Equality in child welfare and development is important as an overall indicator of the extent to which a country is progressing towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Millennium Declaration, and the fulfillment of universal child rights as guaranteed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). From the human rights perspective, national policies should seek to narrow inequalities and provide equal services and opportunities for equal need. From the economic perspective, national resources are most efficiently used when directed towards the groups that need them most. From the perspective of goals and commitments, a focus on enabling the most disadvantaged groups to catch up offers the best prospects for rapid progress towards national targets.
Tanzania has made significant progress in social development over the past years, as reflected in key indicators of child health, development and well-being. Nevertheless, despite such gains, more than a third of the population lives below the basic needs poverty line and substantial socio-economic, urban/rural, and regional disparities remain in all indicators. Rural poverty has been particularly resistant to change, with an estimated 39% of the rural population living below the poverty line compared to an estimated 18% in the capital Dar es Salaam. Less than half of rural households have access to an improved source of drinking water and rural children are less likely to attend school than urban children.
The research team will be led by Enrique Delamonica and Alberto Minujin, both GPIA adjunct professors with extensive experience on child policy issues and statistical analysis. The student team will also work in collaboration with UNICEF staff in Tanzania.
Terms of Reference
Timeline
Final Presentation
2007 Fall - UNICEF - Global Child Poverty Disparity and Tanzania.pdf
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Team: Louisa Lippi, Sarina Cipriano, Assiata Chikuhwa
Supervisor: Alberto Minujin
Semester: Fall 2007
UNICEF is preparing a Global Study analysis of child poverty and disparities in child well-being that will address public policies, private programmes and civil society efforts addressing child poverty and disparities in a large number of developing countries. As part of this, the UNICEF Tanzania Country Office is preparing a country case analysis of child poverty and disparities in child well-being as part of this global initiative.
Research team
A Practicum team of students at the Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, will be organized for this research.
The methodology would include several steps:
- Analysis of district level data from the main data sources for the study.
- Literature review on poverty and child poverty situation in the country and in the region.
- Literature review on the situation at the selected districts.
- A stakeholder analysis, and workplan including tools for qualitative interviews. Participate in analysis of results from the Demographic Health Survey and elaborate a protocol for field assessment of child poverty and policies.
- In agreement with UNICEF Tanzania, interviews to key resource people in the government (central and in the districts), UN system and other partners on programme aspects, etc.
Background of the Tanzania Case Study
Equality in child welfare and development is important as an overall indicator of the extent to which a country is progressing towards Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Millennium Declaration, and the fulfillment of universal child rights as guaranteed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). From the human rights perspective, national policies should seek to narrow inequalities and provide equal services and opportunities for equal need. From the economic perspective, national resources are most efficiently used when directed towards the groups that need them most. From the perspective of goals and commitments, a focus on enabling the most disadvantaged groups to catch up offers the best prospects for rapid progress towards national targets.
Tanzania has made significant progress in social development over the past years, as reflected in key indicators of child health, development and well-being. Nevertheless, despite such gains, more than a third of the population lives below the basic needs poverty line and substantial socio-economic, urban/rural, and regional disparities remain in all indicators. Rural poverty has been particularly resistant to change, with an estimated 39% of the rural population living below the poverty line compared to an estimated 18% in the capital Dar es Salaam. Less than half of rural households have access to an improved source of drinking water and rural children are less likely to attend school than urban children.
The research team will be led by Enrique Delamonica and Alberto Minujin, both GPIA adjunct professors with extensive experience on child policy issues and statistical analysis. The student team will also work in collaboration with UNICEF staff in Tanzania.
Core Documents
Terms of Reference
Timeline
Final Presentation
Additional Documents
2007 Fall - UNICEF - Global Child Poverty Disparity and Tanzania.pdf
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